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8). Differences between British and American Usage

chronic adjective
BrE /ˈkrɒnɪk/; NAmE /ˈkrɑːnɪk/

 1. (especially of a disease) lasting for a long time; difficult to cure
or get rid of
 chronic bronchitis/arthritis/asthma
 the country’s chronic unemployment problem
 a chronic shortage of housing in rural
2.having had a disease for a long time
 a chronic alcoholic/depressive
 3. (British English, informal) very bad
The film was just chronic.

A. Look at the information on dictionary usage and exercises.

A.1 Word Order

Words and phrases (entries) in the dictionary are
arranged alphabetically

Examples

1.adolescence 11.kidney
2. bacteria 12.liver
3. contagious 13. Menu
4. disease 14. nutrition
5. exercise 15. organic
6. food 16. physician
7. gout 17. quinine
8. heartache 18. remedy
9. inflammation 19. symptom
10. juice 20. Zinc